"I felt my head was leaving my body and I was falling down rapidly into an unknown darkness ... saw myself looking at my body and I thought I had to throw away that body because it was not useful anymore. On the 16th floor of the hotel in Bangkok ... I thought the window would open itself and then I might fly out of the window."

Television and Radio Programs

“Are you in the group of people whose lives could be saved by viewing Taken as Directed? Review of the documentary, “Taken As Directed.” pdf , March 2007.

Taken As Directed examines anti-malaria drug, Union Tribune, Sept 26, 2006

Analysis: Iraq casualties and causality, Dan Olmsted, UPI, May 23, 2005 pdf. Did mefloquine (Lariam) trigger a number of suicides among soldiers serving in Iraq in 2003?

Hallucinations linked to drug given to troops, Malaria medication can cause paranoia, other mental side effects, MSNBC, February 14, 2005.

Ripped from my headlines! “Law and Order: SVU” pulls details from my reporting for its gripping finale. By Mark Benjamin, Salon.com. (You might have to watch an ad to view the article.) May 25, 2005.

Malaria Drug Raising Concerns (PDF), transcript of CNN segment by Paula Zahn, September 7, 2004. (Transcript is of full episode. Malaria segment is highlighted, and begins on page 5.)

Illness troubles troops back from Iraq, NPR Radio, Weekend Edition, report by Joseph Shapiro, July 24, 2004.

Interview with Andrew Pogany, Brian Leher, WNYC radio, June 15, 2004.

Harmful Side Effects of Lariam [transcript], INSIGHT, May 26, 2004, from CNN International.

Military’s use of malaria drug in question, from CNN, May 20, 2004.
The Dark Side of Lariam, 60 Minutes II, CBS TV News, January 29, 2003.

“The Nightmare Drug,” (PDF) one-hour program on “fifth estate,” CBC TV, Canada, October 16, 2002.

CBC Radio Morning Show, August 26, 2002, “Malaria Drug May Cause Patients to Become Violent” (PDF). Radio interview with Canadian physician Michelle Brill-Edwards of Health Canada.

Voice of America radio shows (transcripts):
“Unintended Damage,” April 2001
Science segment on Lariam, May 2001
“Our World” segment on Lariam,” May 2001

“Lariam: A Bad Trip,” Insight program, SBS TV Australia, Feb. 17 2000.